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5.0 External Sector & Trade 5.1 External sector overview
With Ukraine’s imports and exports of goods up by 26%, the trade deficit has dwindled to $1.1bn for the first five months of this year. May 2021 saw a trade surplus of $261mn, the State Statistics Service reported Friday. At the start of 2021, some economists forecast a goods trade deficit of $8bn.
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